Tagged and Bagged
January 2012
Belle's Christmas gift came with a little extra this year, the extra being in the form of things canal.
First off were her home made labels, each one a miniature work of art and worthy of a shot from a Victorian Christmas scene. My label, now pressed into service at a bookmark, features a canal route between Whitby and Pickering (which I didn't know existed) and on the reverse is an extract from a historic map of Staffordshire featuring Calf Heath, home mooring of Wand'ring Bark.
Hand made Christmas gift tags
Which takes me neatly onto the other canal orientated gift: my new mug. She found a manufacturer who applies personal messages to the outside, in this case "I would rather be on Wand'ring Bark"... as if I need a reminder of what I would rather be doing...
The mug that says it all!
5 comments:
Re. Whitby to Pickering: I spot the word "proposed" which could be significant!
Ooh do tell us who the mug maker is. I want one!
Neil
NBHerbie
Martin - good point. I found a note in the margin of my workbook from when I did a spot of research on the canal. A 25 mile narrow route proposed in 1795 and surveyed at a cost of £66,447 - but never built in favour of a railway. A Mr Stephenson featured in there somewhere.
Neil
It will be Stubbs Mugs at
http://stubbsmugs.co.uk/
Brilliant thoughtful gifts, you lucky, lucky boy!!
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